AbelCine Announces New Documentary Grant

AbelCine has announced a new documentary grant.

Do you have an idea for a compelling documentary? All you need to do is shoot a 2-5 minute long video pitch and upload it to Vimeo and you’ll have the chance to win one of three equipment usage grants worth a combined total of $100,000. But it’s not just us you’re pitching to – it’s your fellow filmmakers as well. Once all the submissions are in, 10 finalists will be determined based on Likes from the Vimeo Community. A panel of judges will then review the finalists’ pitches and determine the three grant recipients.”

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Rooftop Filmmakers Fund” Grants For Past Festival Participants

“So often, filmmakers spend so much of their resources making one film that it’s hard for them to produce another. But unlike festivals which give away awards for filmmakers’ past work, the Rooftop Filmmakers Fund is an opportunity to help deserving filmmakers make their next movie. We’ve been screening films since 1997, and every filmmaker who has ever shown a film with Rooftop is eligible for our grants—now over 1,800 artists. Past grantees have included Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild and Glory at Sea, Johannes Nyholm’s Las Palmas, Lucy Walker’s The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, and dozens more.

Rooftop Films has seven grants available—four for feature-length films and three for short films. In 2012, Rooftop Films will give away over $23,000 in cash grants, and over $50,000 in equipment and services.”

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Oppenheimer Cine Rental New Filmmaker Equipment Grant for Students

“The Oppenheimer Cine Rental New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program is a grant to support new filmmakers in producing their first serious film project. The grant awards the use of our Grant Program Arriflex 16SR2 camera package to senior and graduate thesis students and to independent filmmakers for a scheduled period of time. This specific package, which we have set aside for the grant program, should meet the needs of most 16mm projects. Proposed projects may be of any non-commercial nature: dramatic, narrative, documentary, experimental, etc. Our expectation is that you are working from your own vision, your own creativity and not for someone else (solely for a profit motive). The program does not support commercials, industrials, PSA’s, music videos, or pornography. In order to keep the package available for the largest number of filmmakers, feature length film projects will not be considered. The length of time the equipment will be available to any one project will depend on each project and on the pressures of the program. You should plan your schedule realistically. Practically, most grant projects will be expected to use the package for one to two weeks. We have only one Arri 16SR2 camera in the program; your compliance with the program requirements assures access for the most filmmakers.”

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Metro Screen offers a variety of film grants

“Metro Screen’s production support programs are unique with participants receiving a cash budget, production facilities, training, mentorship, script development and a cast and crew screening with particular emphasis placed on a diverse production slate that allows individuals to take risks.”  The categories are:

• First Break – $3000 for emerging filmmakers with no previous credits
• Breakout – $15,000 for emerging filmmakers with one previous credit
• Indigenous Breakthrough – $22,000 for Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander Australian emerging film makers with one previous credit
• Out-there and Deadly – filmmakers of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, the opportunity to develop their film and storytelling skills through the production their short work
• Jump Start – $45,000 worth of in-kind equipment and facilities
• Pitching Competition – $15,000 prize

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